3, Effect of sowing date, sowing methods and seed soaking on yield and oil content of rainfed safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) grown in Kalahandi, Orissa
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v44i3.3563Keywords:
Safflower, Sowing date, Sowing method, Seed soakingAbstract
In a field experiment conducted at Bhawanipatna the maximum grain yield of safflower was noticed in 1 November sowing (12.1 3 qlha) which was 19% and 39% higher than the15 November and 30 November sowing, respectively. Seed soaking for 12 hr was found beneficial and registered grain yield of 11.65 qlha. Line sowing recorded significantly better yield (10.98 qlha) than broadcast sowing. The oil content of seeds was highest at earliest sowing (30.61%) which was 1.3% to 4.4% higher than successive sowings respectively.References
, Effect of sowing date, sowing methods and seed soaking on yield and oil content of rainfed safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) grown in Kalahandi, Orissa
D. K. BASTIA, A. K. ROUT, S. K. MOHANTY AND A. M. PRUSTV
Regional Research Station, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi 766 001
Received: May 1998
In a field experiment conducted at Bhawanipatna the maximum grain yield of safflower was noticed in 1 November sowing (12.1 3 qlha) which was 19% and 39% higher than the'15 November and 30 November sowing, respectively. Seed soaking for 12 hr was found beneficial and registered grain yield of 11.65 qlha. Line sowing recorded significantly better yield (10.98 qlha) than broadcast sowing. The oil content of seeds was highest at earliest sowing (30.61%) which was 1.3% to 4.4% higher than successive sowings respectively.
Key words :Safflower, Sowing date, Sowing method, Seed soaking
Agriculturein Kalahandi district of Orissa seed soaking in water on grain yield and oil is predominantly rainfed.Rapid-soil moisture content of safflower. depletion after cessation of kharifrains
MATERIALS AND METHODS
makes this zone highly vulnerable for a
successful second crop. Safflower The field experiment was conducted (Carthamus tinctorius L.) being a deep during winter season of 1993-96 at rooted crop, completes its life cycle on Bhawanipatna, Orissa. The soil of the residual moisture. But its low~productivity experimental plot was clayey in texture with is observed to be mostly due to untimely pH 7.1 and low in organic carbon 0.40%, sowing and less plant population. low in available P (7.76 kgtha) and moderate
Though it has got a high value oil and in available K (258 kglha). Eighteen production potentiality in this zone, very little treatment combinations were laid out in the work has been done for its productivity. split-split plot design with 3 replications. Keeping this in view, he present experiment Safflower 'Bhima' was taken for trial in all was undertaken at Regional Research the 3 years. The main plot received 3 dates Station, Bhawanipatna, to find out the effect of sowing 1 November (D,)
